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The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears. — Francis Bacon

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The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.

Francis Bacon
1625
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ParentingParents
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1625The Renaissance
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Francis Bacon
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Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Parents and Children." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Original citation
Bacon, Francis "Of Parents and Children." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

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